Life-belt



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LIFE BELL APPLICATION mm'nov. l2, l92.0-

Patented May 3, 1921.

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.I. SZAKACS AND s. FERENCZ.

LIFE BELT. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12, I920.

Patented May 3, 1921.-

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UNHEZZ' SEAFES rarn FE V LIFE-BELT.

Specification of Letters Patent. i

Patented ma a, rear.

Application filed November 12, 1920. Serial No. 423,524.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Josnrrr SzAKrios and SZABO FERENOZ, citizens of Hunary, residing at Cleveland, in the county of uyahoga and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Life- Belts, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in lifebelts and has for one of its objects to provide a life belt embodying-a.body harness adapted for attachment to a person and securely retained inposition by straps carried by the belt.

A further object of the invention is to provide a life belt including acircular web portion adapted for positioning upon the body of the wearerwith cork floats positioned at the inner and'outer edges of the webportion.

A still further object of the invention resides in the provision of alife belt embodying an apron formation of web normally lying adjacentthe body of the wearer and adapted to be extended outwardly thereof to acircular horizontal position during operation with buoyant floatspositioned at the inner and outer edges of the, apron web.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consistsin the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully described in connection with the accompanying drawings and inwhich like reference characters indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views.

In the drawings,-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a life belt constructed in accordancewith the pres ent invention and shown in operative posi tion upon aperson, 1

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the belt show-- ing the radial arms carriedby the web portion thereof with buoyant members at the inner and outerends of the arms,

Fig. 3 is a side elevational View of the belt in collapsed form upon thebody of the wearer,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevational iew of the belt showing the lacingconnection for the placket of the apron and draw string associated withthe inner ends of the float arms,

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view taken on line VV of Fig. 1 showing thefloat arm attached to the apron web and Fig. 6 is a perspective view ofone of the float arms. I

' Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawings, there isillustrated a life belt including a circular apron web 1 of waterproofmaterial having a ii-shaped placket section 2 with which a lacing cord 3is associated for closingthe placket in" mounting'the apron belt uponthe body of the wearer. Crossed shoulder straps 4 shown in Figs. 1 and 3are attached to the upper end ofthe apron 1 for holding the apronsection correctly positioned beneath the arms of the wearer as shown insaid figures. Belt sections 5 are associated with the placket opening2and are adapted for engagement with the buttons 6 at opposite sides ofthe placket opening to insure the proper mounting of the belt upon thebody of the wearer.

The apron section 1 at its upper end is of a circumferential length tosnugly engage the body while the lower circumference is of increasedlength as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 to permit the apron section 1 to bemoved outwardly to a buoyant horizontal position as shown in saidfiguresto assume a horizontal position when in operation. Float arms areassociated with the apron sec-.

tion 1 and include wooden arms 7 having a flexible waterproof covering 8securing the arms to the apron section 1 as at 9 as clearly shown inFig. 5. A cork or other buoyant ball member 10 is carried by the outerend of each arm while a similar block 11 is carried by the inner end ofeach tive to the body, the free ends of the tie cord 1 float arms inposition.

In the operation of the device, the belt is 12 being suitably tied orknotted to hold the body so that when the belt is moved to the operativeposition as shown in Fig. 1 when within water, it will be horizontallypositioned with the arms extending radially from the body. The buoyantmembers 10 and 11 will ride upon the surface of the water with the apronsection. 1 also insuring the flotation of the belt and person wearingthe same.

WVhile there is herein shown and described what is believed to be thepreferred embodiment of the invention, it is nevertheless to beunderstood that minor changes may be made therein without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

What is claimed as new is:

'1. A'life belt of the type described cOn1- prising an apron section, aclosing placket therefor and radial float arms carried by the apronsection.

2. A life belt of the type described comprising an apron section, aclosing placket therefor, radial float arms carried by the apron sectionand a tie cord associated with the inner ends of the float arms to bindthe inner ends of the arms to the body of the wearer.

3. A life belt of the type described-comprising an apron section, aclosing placket therefor, radial float arms carried by the apronsection, said float arms including a buoyant block at each end thereof.

4. A life belt of the type described comprising an apron section, aclosing placket therefor, radial float arms carried by the apronsection, said float arms including a cork float at each of the ends anda flexible covering for the arms and floats.

5. A life belt of the type described comprising an apron section, aclosing placket therefor, radial float arms carried by the apronsection, the float arms being secured to the apron section over theirentire lengths and a float carried by each end of the arms.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

JOSEPH SZAKACS. SZABO FERENCZ.

